Naushad Forbes, David Wield

From Followers to Leaders (eBook, PDF)

Managing Technology and Innovation

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

This book centres on the ways in which ordinary firms can improve technology management. It provides a welcome alternative to the existing literature that focuses almost exclusively on leading edge firms such as IBM or Microsoft.
The authors argue that succeeding as a follower-firm requires learning from many experiences and avoiding simplistic 'how-to' approaches that prescribe one best practice. They assert that there are many 'leading edges' and that they appear in the most unlikely places. The book contains major case studies of firms from industries as diverse as pharmaceuticals, software, garments, beer and steel, drawn from twelve different countries.
From a follower perspective, individual chapters cover:
*the role of innovation on the shop-floor
*the importance of mixing process and product innovation
*the challenges involved in building an innovation culture
*the special role of research and development, and of design.
These topics ensure a deeper understanding of strategy in follower-firms, simultaneously providing insight for public policy in building local technological capacity.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 232
• Erscheinungstermin: 14. März 2002
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781134529384
• Artikelnr.: 43072002

Autorenporträt

Naushad Forbes is Director of Forbes Marshall, India's leading Energy Conservation and Control Instrumentation firm, and Consulting Professor at Stanford University in the Program in Science, Technology and Society. David Wield is Professor of Innovation and Development at The Open University, and Co-Director of its International Development Centre. He recently directed its Centre for Technology Strategy and chaired its Development Policy and Practice unit.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface 1. Beneath the surface 2. Innovation success in follower-firms 3.
Changing policies for science and technology: government and markets 4.
Innovation on the shopfloor - a new wave 5. From process to product and
proprietary 6. Managing R&D in technology-followers 7. Design leadership
for technology-followers 8. Building a culture for innovation 9. Followers
to leaders.